SIU trustees vote to freeze tuition again next year

At its meeting on Thursday, the Board of Trustees at Southern Illinois University voted to freeze undergraduate tuition rates for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year.

This applies to its campuses in Edwardsville and Carbondale.

Officials said SIU Carbondale has not raised the undergraduate tuition rate in seven years, and SIU Edwardsville’s undergrad tuition rate has only seen two small increases since 2019.

According to the university, SIU employs more than 7,000 faculty, staff and administrators who serve approximately 23,500 students at campuses in Carbondale, Edwardsville and Springfield.